The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-02

UeCouu etilies Leu, 10 my 1mmenSe relief
opened his eyes, and remarked that the
clothes had tumbled of the bed, and thai
he supposed It was time to get up forchapel.
told him to shut his eyes and keep quiet.
which he did without in the slightest de-
gree realizing the position. As for myself,
his reference to chapel made me reflect,
with q sort OF sick longing, on my comfort
able rooms ut Cambridge. Why had I
been such a fool rs to leave themf This is
q reflection that has several times required
to me since with ever-increasing force.
But now again we are drifting down on
the breakers, though with lessened speed,
for the wind had fallen, and only the cur
rent OF tho tide Ut afterward turned out to
be the tide) was driving US.
Another minute, and with a sort Of howl
to Allah from the Arab, pious ejaculation
from myself, and something that was not
pious from job, we were in them. Aud
then the whole scene, down to our final
escape, repeated itself, only not quite so
violently. Mahomed's skiliful steering
and the alright compartments saved our
lives. In five minutes we were through,
and drifting-for we were too exhausted
to do anything to help ourselves except
keep her head straight-with the most
startling rapidity round the headland
which l have described.
Round we went with the tide, until we
got well under the lee of the point, and
Shen suddenly the speed slackened, we
eeased to make way, and finally appeared
20 DO In dead water. The storm had en-
eare!y passed, leaving q clean-washed sky
!eehind 1t; tho headland intercepted the
heavy sea that had been occasioned by the
8nn0Iv mud tho tide ~ryIS.1~ 1.nl L~-- $50
ming 30 dercely up the river (for we were
IN inc mouth OF q small riverl, WIS slug
gtsh before 1t turned, so we floated quietly,
and before the moon went down managed
bail out tho boat thoroughly, and get
per a little ship-shape. Leo was sleeping
profoundly, and, on the whole, I thought
1t wise not to wake him. It was true he
was in his wet clothes, but the night was
now SO warm that I thought (and SO did
Job that they were not likely to injure q
man Of his unusually vigorous constitu.
don. Besides. wc had no dry ones ut hand.
Presently the moon went down, and left
us floating on the waters, now only heaving
like some troubled woman's breast, which
gave us leisure to reflect upon all that we
had gone through and all that we had
escaped. Job stationed himself atthe bow,
AA0A0A3SU hSVU III push III Ill0 tlll6T, duU j
sat on q scat in the middle of tho boat close
to where Leo was lying.
The moon went slowly downin chastened
loveliness; she departed like some sweet
bride into her chamber, and long, veil-like
shadows crept up the sky, through which
the stars pecped slyly out. Soon, however,
they too began to pale before a splendor in
the east. and then the quivering footsteps
OF the dawn came rushing across the new
born blue, and shook them from their
places. Quieter and more quiet grew the
~sea-quiet as the soft mists that brooded
on her bosom and covered up hertroubling,
as the Elusive wreaths of sleep brood upon
and cover up q pain-racked mind, causing
IT to forget its sorrow. From the east to
the west sped the angels of the dawn, from
sea to sea-, from mountain-toptomountain
top, scattering light with both their hands.
On they sped u of the darkness, perfect,
glorious, like spirits of the just breaking
from the tomb; on, over the quiet sea, over
the low coast line, and the swamps beyond,
mi the mountains beyond them; over ..s:,ose
who slept in peace, and over those who
woke in sorrow; over the evil and the good.
over the living and the dead; over the wide
world and all that breathes or has breathed
thereon.
It was a wonderfully beautifulsight and
yet sad, perhaps from the very excess Of
its beauty. The arising SUM the setting
SUM There we have the symbol and the
type Of humanity, and all things with
which humanity has to do. The symbol
and the types, yes, and the earthly begin.
ming, and the end also. Ando on that morn.
ing this came home to me with q peculiar
force. The sun that rose to-day for us had
set last night for eighteen Of our fellow.
voyagers-had set forever for eighteen
whom we knewl
The dhow had gone down with them
they were tossing about now among the
rocks and sea-weed, SO much human drift
or the great ocean Of death! And we fou,
were saved! But n day a sunrise viii
come when we shall be among those who
are lost, and then others will watch those
glorious rays, and grow sad in the mids
Of beauty, and dream Of Death In tho I'll
glow Of arising Life.
For this Is tho lot Of man.